Prince of Persia - Computer game movie??

This sounds like a desperate attempt to get an action movie gig under Jake Gyllenhall's CV. For goodness sake, he stared in "Broke back mountain" as one of them gay cowboys (I think). So how butch can he get? Some folks aren't meant to play action heroes or heroes at all. Like Justin Timberlake or any members of Westlife. People like that play sensitive, crying, chic flicks where the pretty boys are good for.


Prince of Persia is set at a time where pretty boys are traveling through the digestive systems of wolves. It is also a depiction of one of the more successful, battle harden, authoritative, organized and cruel empires. Rulers and key people were warriors, brave and smart. All of which pretty boys are not. Jake Gyllenhall is one of them. That's why he is successful as the geeky, whinny, smart student in "The Day After Tomorrow".


So anyway, here I go, throughly have a super low expectation of a movie made out of a computer game. We all saw what happened to "Tomb Raider". Thank god for Angelina Jolie, else no one would have watched it. The heroine in this movie is a reputedly beautiful princess played by Gemma Atherton which looks more like one of the castle servants or a supporting cast then a courages and gorgeous princess. They should have gotten Scarlett Johansson for this. Even Kate Beckinsdale or Jessica Alba.

From the moment the movie started, all my flustered feelings just melted. The movie was fast moving, well crafted for a low budget movie and the story line was surprisingly captivating. It was simple, didn't try to do too much but enough to be exciting. In short, it was Awesome!!! It was a heck lot better than "Clash of the TIT-ans".





The story revolves around Dastan, a street rat that stands up to the king's guards who were punishing a homeless boy. The king saved him and took him back to the palace to raise him as his own son with his 2 sons. Prince Dastan grows up to be a cliche prince that is humble, witty, always looking for trouble and has no qualms breaking the rules.

However, his father was assassinated and he was blamed. As he works to clear his name, he comes upon a mystical dagger that will turn back time if it is filled with mystical sand. So using the dagger to prove his innocence and to find the truth, he makes friends and of course wins the princess. The chemistry with the princess was not too bad and as a movie cliche, of course they were fighting initially but they learn to fall in love with each other.

I throughly recommend this movie and you should download it and even buy an original DVD. Hurry, hurry coz the Sands of Time are slipping!